Friday, December 4, 2015

Paneer Palak Paratha / Cottage cheese Spinach stuffed bread

Stuffed paratha with butter is certainly a comfort food for most of us. My family loves to have it for dinner. Here is a simple Paneer Palak stuffed paratha recipe for you to try. Want to make it healthy??? Just don't add that butter on paratha...

Ingredients:

For paratha:

Wheat Flour - 3 cups

Salt to taste

Water - 1 + 3 tbs

Butter - 1 tsp/paratha

Flour for rolling the dough

For stuffing:

Paneer/Cottage cheese, crumbs - 1/2 cup

Spinach leaves - 2 cups

Cumin seeds - 1/4 tsp

Green chilli, sliced - 1

Ginger, chopped - 1/4 tsp

Onion, chopped - 1/4 cup

Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

Chaat masala - 1/2 tsp

Salt to taste

Oil - 1 tsp

Method:

Knead flour with salt and water till it reaches the right consistency as any bread dough. I have using stand mixer for this and water quantity mentioned is according to that

Keep the dough wrapped in a warm wet kitchen towel

Heat oil in a pan and splutter cumin seeds

Add ginger, onion and green chilli and saute it

Add salt, turmeric powder and chaat masala to it and give a stir

Add chopped spinach leaves and cook till the leaves are wilted

Add paneer crumbs to the above a mix well and cook for 2 more minutes and mix well to remove any big pieces

Heat a tawa or griddle to make paratha

Divide the dough into balls of about a lemon size

Roll each ball to form thin round shape of about 8 inch size like chapathi

Spread 1-2 tbs of stuffing on the above

Roll another ball to the same size

Cover the stuffing with second chapathi

Roll it again starting from the center to the sides to remove any air pockets

Place the stuffed paratha on hot tawa and add a tsp of butter on it

When one side is cooked, flip paratha to cook the other side, 1-2 minutes on each side under medium flame should be enough

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